researchers in comment and analysis
Paul Greenwood
CIO Profile He also worked at strategy consultancy McKinsey & Company, where he was responsible for research, information and knowledge management in the UK and had a team of 100 analysts, researchers and developers. [11 Jun 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Open source 'brotherhood' closed to co-operation
Comment Open source software is such a remarkable phenomenon that it has attracted psychological and sociological researchers - with some of their quite striking findings. The reality is sadly very different, says Martin Brampton. [03 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 01.02.08
Round-Up The researchers reported that Mac users are indeed more assured of their superiority, less modest and more open than the general population, which suggests why they're willing to take a chance on switching to a different computing platform. [01 Feb 2008]
VoIP threats to watch out for
Comment According to market researchers AMI Partners, worldwide SME spending on VoIP solutions topped $3bn in 2006, up 26 per cent over 2005. If your business uses or is considering rolling out VoIP, you should be aware of the many ways your systems could... [09 Mar 2007]
Why does Sharon Stone use Mitel?
Comment According to researchers Nielsen Netratings, product placement went up 30 per cent year-on-year and time spent devoted to 'placed' products rose by 21 per cent. Tech brand owners are like many others in seeing the demise of traditional TV and print... [01 Aug 2006]
3GSM Diary: The chillin' house, out of Africa and Olympic efforts
Comment It commissioned market researchers to find out more about the markets where it operates (they vary greatly across Arab nations, for example) and together with CEO Dr Saad Al-Barrak the results were presented. [16 Feb 2006]
Leader: Why the Cisco router flaw row makes us all losers
Leader But at the moment there is a sense that too often the industry releases products too soon and just waits for the security researchers and hackers to spot flaws. News of a potential weakness in Cisco routers has been causing a few sleepless nights. [01 Aug 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Biometrics offer false hope
Comment Remember the researchers who stood on Liverpool Street station asking people for their computer passwords? Banks may talk of using biometrics but doing so would hardly be a foolproof means of providing secure transactions, says Martin Brampton. [03 May 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 08.04.05
Round-Up China's largest panda sanctuary Wolong in southwestern China is being fitted with broadband which researchers claim will aid the survival of the giant panda. 'It's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye. [08 Apr 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.03.05
Round-Up In order to compile such a listing, though, it seems the researchers have been a little flexible in their definitions. The Round-Up suspects some of you may be nursing slightly tender heads this morning as the excesses of St Patrick's Day wear off... [18 Mar 2005]
Are vulnerable times responsible times?
Comment We continue to urge security researchers to disclose vulnerability information responsibly and allow customers time to deploy updates so they do not aid criminals in their attempt to take advantage of software vulnerabilities. [02 Mar 2005]
Radioactive: Mobile operators' family secret - churn
Comment During 2003, churn cost European mobile operators €4.5bn in unnecessary expenses and €5.6bn in lost revenues, according to the latest figures from researchers Analysys. While this is something of an urban myth - TARP, the US market researchers who... [09 Feb 2005]
Leader: Google - don't change for hackers
Leader But it's also used by journalists, researchers, businesspeople, shoppers and millions of others for legitimate purposes. A security researcher has outed Google as a handy tool for hackers. According to Computer Security Corp's Johnny Long, hackers... [30 Jul 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.04.04
Round-Up The researchers were trying to understand how far people were prepared to go to maintain a "relationship" with their favoured computer and analysed the behaviour of students using 800 computer terminals. [30 Apr 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Governance checklist, back-up for utility computing and Nauticus
Comment By common consent, regulatory compliance will be an important application area for 2004. As can be expected at this early stage in the hype cycle, there are two schools of thought about what this means to the IT department. [25 Jan 2004]
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